Improvement in curry-combs



erms A. oroizrmss, OFBRIDGEPORT, oonueoriou'r.

IMPROVEMENT. lltlCURlRY-COMBS,

I Specification fonning ar of Letters Patent No.1 7.71.539, dated May 23, 187 6 applicationfiled March 15, 1876.-

Tolall whom it may concern: 1

Be itknownthatI,.O11As. A. HoTcHKIss, of Bridgeport, inthe county of Fairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and valuable Improvement in Ourry Combs; and

I do hereby declare that the following-is a full, clear, and exact description of theiconstructionand operation of thesame, reference beinghad to the annexed drawings, making a part of thisfspecification, and to the letters and figures of reference marked theredn.

Figuresl and'2 of the drawings are 'perspective views of my curry-comb. Figs. 3, 4,

5,6, and '7 are modifications of the same.

' This inventionrelates tocurry-combs; and

it consists in the construction,.by casting in vone piece of metal, ot'aside handle, raised side I bar, frame, and knockers, adapted for attach-- ment to the back of a curry-comb, as hereinafter described and claimer The, lettcrs B of the drawings represent the teeth-bars or body of a comb; G, the metallic side handle; I), a raised arched side bar; A,

the side and endbars of the frame, and a the knockers.

rear endof their handles, while the modifica- UNITED ST ES Y: PATENT i,O oa

tions shown-by the other figures represent;

this outer rest as wanting. I sometimes pre- 'ferto form a thumb-rest uponthc end of my handle, adjoining the comb-frame. In place of a ringor other thumb-support, I sometimes .construct'my handle with a neck or shank, inarked'c on Fig. 5, and curve that end of the handle to a circular form, as shown at f on said figure. I sometimes also construct my handle with a mug at each.end,:as represented by Fig. 3,01 with one ring and a segment,

as shown on Fig. 2.

The raised andcurved bar b servesfto raise thehandle to the proper height above the comb-back, and the knockers a enable the operator to clear'the comb from itsimpurities. I sometimes prefer to cast a tang upon my frame, to receive andhold a wooden handle. Sucha modification is-shown on Fig. 6 of the drawings.

What I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

In curry-combs, the handle 0, raised bar I), I

frame A, and-knockers a, all constructed in one piece of cast. metal, substantially as described. f

In testimony that I claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my name in the presence of two witnesses.

CHARLES A. HOTGHKISS. Witnesses: y

JOHN F. AOKER, J r.,

ROBERT EVERETT. 

